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brar001 · June 17th, 2008

looks as if this topic is still unclear

Can you or can you not get 118 (anik f3) without having to get a larger dish and/or special wide band lnb?

I have a dish 500 with a dual lnb (i believe its a plus, the two lnbs are together in one housing, not sure of the exact model number), if i try to get that doing what someone else suggested and set the lnb freq to 10750, all it does is add channels from 119 at a difference of 500 hz, so if you are trying to add channels from tp of 11715 hz, youll just get channels from 11715+500 hz. so even though it acts as if its getting signal i think its just scanning 119 again. I have a dish 1000 with three lnbs, they are separately spaced, would this work, it is an elliptical dish 24" x 18" or so.

Lastly, a third option, i was thinking about buying a larger direct tv dish from craigslist, 1. its larger, 2. it has the lnb setup similar to the repoint kit being sold on ebay, 2 regular lnb, plus 1 larger one thats a little seperate, which i believe to be the wide band one that is supposed to pick 119 and 118 at the same time.

There still from what ive read no clear cut answers to this issue of 118, what is di$h doing for all thier customers who are buying pkgs with channels that are exclusively on 118 (ex Mh1)? are they fitting all those people with repoint kits and/or new dishes (free or at thier cost)?

I think its wierd that no singular answer to this issue exists.

June 17th, 2008	#32 (permalink)
brar001 FTA Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 13 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: how to get anik F3@119w(used to be@118w) looks as if this topic is still unclear Can you or can you not get 118 (anik f3) without having to get a larger dish and/or special wide band lnb? I have a dish 500 with a dual lnb (i believe its a plus, the two lnbs are together in one housing, not sure of the exact model number), if i try to get that doing what someone else suggested and set the lnb freq to 10750, all it does is add channels from 119 at a difference of 500 hz, so if you are trying to add channels from tp of 11715 hz, youll just get channels from 11715+500 hz. so even though it acts as if its getting signal i think its just scanning 119 again. I have a dish 1000 with three lnbs, they are separately spaced, would this work, it is an elliptical dish 24" x 18" or so. Lastly, a third option, i was thinking about buying a larger direct tv dish from craigslist, 1. its larger, 2. it has the lnb setup similar to the repoint kit being sold on ebay, 2 regular lnb, plus 1 larger one thats a little seperate, which i believe to be the wide band one that is supposed to pick 119 and 118 at the same time. There still from what ive read no clear cut answers to this issue of 118, what is di$h doing for all thier customers who are buying pkgs with channels that are exclusively on 118 (ex Mh1)? are they fitting all those people with repoint kits and/or new dishes (free or at thier cost)? I think its wierd that no singular answer to this issue exists.